We Should Be Studying and Not Stressing

    This week, I read 10 Challenges Facing Public Education Today, which is an article that focuses on the challenges that students and teachers are faced in a public school. But, I focused on one of the sections of the article called “The Pressure Is On.” This section was about how stress is a very common thing in schools nowadays. The main idea of this section is that the stress levels in school are way too high and things need to be changed to make school less stressful. One idea that I found interesting was when Denise Pope related school to a pressure cooker for students and teachers and that they all stress feed off of each other. I thought it was interesting because I never thought of school as a pressure cooker but once I really thought about it, it really is. Like when one person is feeling pressure usually that pressure will be added to someone else. And stress is a very big thing in schools now. I know that if one of my friends gets stressed out I sometimes get stressed out too. 

    I agree with this idea because as a high school student, I understand the pressure from teachers and parents. Also, school is very stressful and there is not much we can do about it. One piece of evidence that supports my view comes from the National Education Association. It states that “the causes and convergence of teacher and student stress have been a growing concern over the past decade. Research has consistently shown that stress levels in newer educators especially is leading many of them to exit the profession within five years.” This supports my view because it shows that the stress levels in schools are getting too much for teachers to the point where they are leaving or quitting. Another piece of evidence that supports my view is also from the National Education Association. It states that “more and more schools take the issue of stress seriously and have begun to look at ways to change policies over homework, class schedules, and later school starts times to help alleviate the pressure many students feel.” This supports my view because it is showing that schools are trying to figure out ways to make school less stressful and changing the way teachers teach and the policy they have to follow.

Works Cited

Alvarez, Brenda, et al. "10 Challenges Facing Public Education Today." National Education Association, 3 Aug. 2018, www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/10-challenges-facing-public-education-today. Accessed 9 Dec. 2020.

Fotos, Alexas. Frog Figure Files Stack Office. Pixabay, pixabay.com/photos/frog-figure-files-stack-1339892/. Accessed 9 Dec. 2020.